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The Distortion of Weak Turbulence by High Strain

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Turbulent Shear Flows 6

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The paper is concerned with the development of the statistical properties of weak turbulence subjected to high rates of strain. This problem is often referred to as that of rapid distortion, and applies to situations in which the turbulence changes very fast. A rapid straining of turbulence is present in many practical situations such as stagnation flows, accelerated flows in ducts, impinging jets and reattachment of separated flows.

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  1. Department of Aeronautical Engineering Technion, Haifa, Israel

    S. Zeierman, M. Hanin, A. Postan & M. Wolfshtein

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  1. Centre National de Recherches Météorologiques, 42, Avenue Coriolis, 31057, Toulouse Cedex, France

    Jean-Claude André

  2. O.N.E.R.A./C.E.R.T., 2, Avenue Edouard Belin, 31055, Toulouse Cedex, France

    Jean Cousteix

  3. Lehrstuhl für Strömungsmechanik, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstraße 13, 8520, Erlangen, Fed. Rep. of Germany

    Franz Durst

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD, England

    Brian E. Launder

  5. Mechanical Engineering Department, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Frank W. Schmidt

  6. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Imperial College of Science and Technology, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2BX, England

    James H. Whitelaw

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Zeierman, S., Hanin, M., Postan, A., Wolfshtein, M. (1989). The Distortion of Weak Turbulence by High Strain. In: André, JC., Cousteix, J., Durst, F., Launder, B.E., Schmidt, F.W., Whitelaw, J.H. (eds) Turbulent Shear Flows 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73948-4_4

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